The School of Life TV - Why you shouldn't trust your feelings - design & direction

Commissioned to design & produce a short animated film explaining the benefits of emotional scepticism.

The film is featured on the School of Life's YouTube channel.

The School of Life TV - On being out of touch with your feelings - animation direction & production

Commissioned to design & produce a short animated film explaining the importance of staying in touch with your feelings.

The film is featured on the School of Life's YouTube channel.

"It's another masterpiece! So many lovely moments; you handled this incredibly tricky brief with total confidence and constant imagination and intelligence. I couldn't be happier." Alain de Botton, Founder and Chairman of the School of Life

Henry's Harvest - animation & direction

TVC for Henry Westons Cider - Henry's Harvest (20s & 10s)

Co-directed and Animated by Florian Viale, Tracy Foster and Victoria Watson.Produced by Victoria Watson for The Gate Films.

Created by McCann Bristol, the commercial uses a blend of different animation techniques, to reflect the craft that goes into making this tasty cider.

The School of Life TV - Transference - animation, direction & production

Commissioned to design & produce a short animated film, illustrating the key psychologial concept of transference.

This film is featured on The School of Life's YouTube channel.

"You’ve made something clever, beautiful and moving – and it’s going to open people’s eyes to some amazing things." Alain de Botton, Founder and Chairman of The School of Life.

I produced some of the visual elements, which were mapped to the Tron Kirk, as part of The Drambuie campaign 'A Taste of the Extraordinary'. These visuals brought the Tron to life, at a special Hogmanay party in 2012.

The visuals were designed, directed and produced by Andy McGregor of Andy McGregor Design + Media.

My visual input was subsequently selected for screening at an internal event at The Drambuie HQ in Russia.

'This Hogmanay, Drambuie is bringing the celebration back to its original venue as it throws open the doors of the historic Tron Kirk on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. The Scottish spirit will host A Festival of the Extraordinary – from the night before the night before to the morning after – to celebrate the first re-opening of the original home of Hogmanay in Edinburgh in 20 years.

By day, The Drambuie Surreal Sessions will include an extraordinary program of events including breathtaking digital art, extraordinary film screenings, mixology masterclasses and unexpected live performances.'

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Cello Signal - stop motion film - model making & animation

A little stop motion film where origami creatures are animated to illustrate the concept.

The School of Life TV - How to become a better person - animation, direction & production

Commissioned to design & produce a short animated film, illustrating how to become a better person.

Alain is an author on what some might describe as the psychology of everyday life; he is also the founder of The School of Life, which promotes emotional intelligence. This film is featured on The School of Life's YouTube channel.

Music:Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Spring Mvt 1 Allegro by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players

The two characters are based on characters designed by Simon Mills, a Bristol based graffiti artist. I first animated them whilst on placement with WÖNKY Films. The brief was to design cute picture messages for teens to send from a mobile or email platform.

To celebrate Edinburgh's literary heritage, a small number of films were commissioned, to illustrate quotes and projection mapped to historic city central locations.

I worked with Conrad Molleson to design & produce a large-scale piece, illustrating a Robert Fergusson quote from the Scottish Enlightenment. The quote was taken from his poem 'Ode to a Gowdspink'.Our piece was mapped to the arched upstairs window of Waterstone’s flagship store on George Street.

Muckle Hen produced four diverse 30 second adverts for the Gaelic education board Bòrd na Gàidhlig, as a national call for Gaelic teachers. The ads were shot over two days in three different Gaelic medium schools, and aired nationally on STV.

Corporate and Communications Officer Steven MacIver said: "The creation of adverts was a new challenge for Bòrd na Gàidhlig but we are delighted with the way in which Muckle Hen have brought our ideas to life in such an exciting and positive way. Muckle Hen listened to what we wanted and tirelessly worked to produce products with which we are delighted and proud of."

Network Rail Link Film - animation

Network Rail - Airdrie to Bathgate Rail Link Film

Muckle Hen were asked to make a film documenting this project for Network Rail. Filming took place over 10 months, drawing on interviews with politicians, stakeholders & passengers. With specially created graphics & music composition, it was carefully crafted to demonstrate how important the railway will be to the people that live along it.

In 2010 Mark came second for the European Young Director Award at Cannes by CFP-E (commercial Film Producers of Europe) and the acclaimed Shots Magazine. His cinema campaign for the Scottish Government ‘Cocaine: Know the Score’ was the focus of his entry and was screened to hundreds of Cannes Lions delegates.